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SALT LAKE CITY -- Political experts are weighing in on Peter Corroon's choice of a running mate in the race for governor.
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Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Peter Corroon has tapped a Republican state lawmaker as his running mate.Democrat Corroon's choice of a Republican running mate, state Rep. Sheryl Allen, definitely changes the dynamic of the race. University of Utah political science associate professor Matthew Burbank says a lieutenant governor can have some impact.
"It can have an affect but it's not likely to have a big affect, simply because people don't tend to vote for the lieutenant governor primarily," he explains.
Burbank says people say they like bipartisanship -- and this is a bipartisan move -- but it all depends on what voters actually do in November.
"There certainly is a lot of talk about it, and in public opinion polls they say they value that. However, they don't tend to vote that way," he says.
Burbank says Corroon has to convince moderate Republicans across the state to vote for him, because running just as a Democrat won't work.
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